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On the Cover: Beverage SuperStore of Grayson Serves its Customers and Community

By Kim Hill Don’t let its early 1900s general store appearance fool you: the 15,000 square foot Beverage SuperStore of Grayson, offering an attractive array of spirits, wine, and beer, is Gwinnett’s largest and most modern structure. The building was intentionally designed to represent an era where product selection and customer service were paramount, qualities this business exemplifies in its day-to-day operations. Like similar establishments of yesteryear, Beverage SuperStore is also community driven, participating in local events and contributing to many area nonprofits and charitable causes. It was recently voted a “Best of Gwinnett” winner.

The driving force behind this thriving business is owner Richard Tucker, who himself is the personification of community involvement. In his wide-reaching business career, Tucker’s accolades are many. He has served as President/CEO of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, where he was elected Chairman in 2005. Appointed by Governors Sonny Purdue and Nathan Deal to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, Tucker is now in his fourteenth year of service, including serving as Chairman of the Board of Regents in 2008-2009. Tucker also serves on many local boards such as Georgia Gwinnett College Board of Trustees, Gwinnett Clean & Beautiful, and Gwinnett Medical Foundation, and has been on the Gwinnett Convention & Visitors Bureau for almost twenty-five years. He has been recognized as one of Georgia’s 100 Most Influential Leaders by Georgia Trend Magazine, and has been consistently selected as one of Gwinnett County’s most

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“My whole life, whether deliberately or inadvertently, I’ve found myself in leadership positions,” says Tucker. “I’m very vocal about things and am always wanting the group to succeed, whether it’s a sports team or a school club or a student government. As I was growing up, I always wanted to be involved and take a leadership role where it was appropriate. I’ve been fortunate to be in the right place. I grew up in a great smalltown community in DeKalb County, went to the University of Georgia, and I’ve been in Gwinnett since 1972 when I graduated. My whole career has been here and I’ve been involved in the community in whatever shape or form or fashion it took.”

Tucker says the chamber of commerce and what it does is a very important and integral part of any community, but it is especially so in Gwinnett as its board members are the same people who populate all the other civic and charitable clubs and causes. “I’ve just been involved with it all these years, and really it’s second nature. It’s like anything else – if you’ve got a job to be done and a task to be accomplished, you want people who are willing and able to get that done. And if I’m one of those, so be it, and if I have to lead from the rear of the line, that’s fine too!”

He is currently leading the expansion of the Gwinnett Infinite Energy Center.

Tucker has owned five other stores in his almost thirty years of owning and operating beverage stores, but he says with Grayson it was different because his mother was born and raised there.

Grayson had never had a beverage store, so when there was a referendum and it became obvious they were going to put a store there, Tucker competed with others for the license. He says the

store is now probably the biggest taxpayer in the city of Grayson.

Of community support, Tucker says, “We have done that in our other stores too – that is not something that’s unique to Grayson, but when we came here I said we are going to be good corporate citizens. We’ve always had an interest of what is good for our community. We just try to give back. We like to utilize some of the profits for the good for others.”

Some of the charities that Tucker and the Beverage SuperStore support include Grayson Cluster School Foundation, Gwinnett Hospital Foundation, American Cancer Society, Hi Hope Center, Gwinnett Children’s Shelter, Community Foundation of Northeast Georgia, the American Heart Association, and the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Community festivals like Continued on page 19

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On the Cover: Beverage SuperStore of Grayson Serves its Customers and Community From the Publisher: One Man’s Opinion Catching Up with Gwinnett’s Hometown Hero Matt Stinchcomb Travel Tales: Unusual Uruguay Living Legacy Spotlight: Pat Besson Swan for Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Learning Lessons: Reducing Back to School Jitters Celebrating Two Hundred Years of Gwinnett Sports Talk: Archer High Athletics Nearing a Decade of Excellence Getting Schooled: Get in Gear for the New School Year Pet Perch: Talk Less, Do More Health Matters: Physical Therapy Helps Prevent Injuries and Improve Performance Woodland Brook Blazers: Make Swim Team a Family Affair Georgia Red Clay is a Family Band with a Family of Fans Local Movie Review: Audiences of All Ages Flock to See The Incredibles 2 Gwinnett Senior Golden Games: A Golden Opportunity for Success Get Your Kids Involved in the Community Special Stories Spotlight: Why Special Needs Families Thrive in Gwinnett Crane’s Corner: Go On... Scoot!

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I hope everyone is off to a great August. It seems like the last school year just ended but time never stands still. So, a new school year has started, and football season (yes, I love this time of year) is around the corner. This month I want to focus on something very important to all of us and that is our TIME. Time is our greatest resource. We all find ourselves saying things like, “I am slammed, buried, drowning, swamped.”

This simply is not the case. You see, we all have 168 hours (24 x7) each week. The choice is what we do with our time. The way you view it is simply a mindset.

The older I get (a late July birthday just passed) the faster time seems to go. There is nothing we can do to slow it down.

So, make your time count. It is a present and our PRESENT, and this present time is all that we are guaranteed.

Make your life count and build a legacy of doing what is right, honorable, ethical, authentic, and real in every interaction you have. I challenge us all to focus on things that really matter and take the high road in tough situations. By doing this our family, friends, and community will remember the way we lived. And, my friends, if we live a life of integrity, our legacy will stand the test of time.

And, as I finish, a quote from the Bible says what I am trying to convey, far better than I can: “... whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.” Philippians 4:8.

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Georgia native and former NFL player Matt Stinchcomb will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this month for his four years (1995-1998) playing at the University of Georgia (UGA), where he was a two-time All-American and named Georgia Sports Hall of Fame’s Male Athlete of the Year. “That will be a fun occasion,” he says in anticipation of the black-tie induction ceremony. “The whole family is really excited.”

You may have seen the personable Stinchcomb a decade ago playing for the Oakland Raiders or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, or more recently on ESPN as a college football analyst, or perhaps at one of his numerous speaking engagements around the country. But his heart is in Gwinnett.

Stinchcomb grew up in the adjacent community of Tucker, and has lived in Gwinnett since middle school. He is an alumnus of Parkview High as well as UGA. His friendships, especially at UGA, are among his fondest memories of those years, and he remains in contact with many of those he knew there. Even during his stint in the NFL, he returned to train in Duluth every offseason.

Stinchcomb left the NFL in 2006 following a series of devastating injuries. “There are not many jobs like [professional football],” he says. “Playing the game is something I grew up doing, even though the level of play changed. For it to end so abruptly, it made it a challenge to move on.”

But this hometown football star doesn’t like to spend much time reminiscing – he’s focused on his family and working with his multiple business and charitable endeavors, and all of them right here in Gwinnett.

Stinchcomb and his brother Jon (also a Gwinnett resident) established the Stinchcomb Family Foundation, a private non-profit organization supporting pediatric issues. “We support children’s causes of all kinds, but with an emphasis on healthcare needs,” he explains. In addition, he has devoted countless hours in support of local charities, serving on the boards of the Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation, the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and the Georgia Transplant Foundation. He saw firsthand the life-changing and lifeContinued on page 14

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But little did anyone know that Uruguay is one of the most fertile countries for growing grapes (for lovely wines) and good beef (for great steaks) and wonderful produce.

Uruguayans are quite careful not to broadcast their lovely situation too loudly, as that might bring more than the huge cruise ships that dock in their capitol of Montevideo in the summer months, which is our wintertime. The Argentines know it well, and they regularly travel across the Rio de la Plata (Silver River) from Buenos Aires aboard the world’s largest hydrofoil, the Buquebus.

They, too, are known for their beef and their wines, but rapid inflation has them scrambling with soaring prices, so a quick shopping trip across the river is a great way to save some pesos when things are expensive at home.

Outside of Montevideo, Buquebus travels to Colonia del Sacramento, the first European inhabited city in the Americas. Today you can walk the cobbled streets and visit the historic lighthouse before making your way to one of the amazing beaches along the coast or up into the winelands for some awesome wine tasting of Tannat (red) or Albarino (white) wines.

Hotels are top of the line with great accommodations and wonderful food. As tourism is relatively light, it is never too difficult to get a room with a view, a wonderful table, or a great glass of wine.

Uruguay is a great hidden gem of South America!

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Living Legacy Spotlight: Pat Besson Swan for Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies

By Patty Gabilondo Once in a while you meet someone who seems to have an unlimited supply of energy and who runs on the spirit and fuel of volunteerism.

At the ripe young age of 82, Pat Besson Swan is just this kind of woman – ready at a moment’s notice to rally the troops for a good cause. Pat was recently awarded the 2018 Legacy Award for her forty years of working with the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia (HMHBGA) to reduce the infant mortality rates among low to mid-income Georgia families.

Born and raised in Louisiana, Pat graduated with a nursing degree from Northwestern State University in 1957. She married the love of her life, Jerry Swan, and moved to Georgia. Her 20+ year career as a Registered Nurse serving in OB/GYN, intensive care, and oncology at various hospitals (including Athens General, Hall County and Northside Hospitals) served as a springboard to feed her passion of caring for expectant mothers and newborn babies.

“There’s nothing as heart-breaking as holding a critically ill newborn, when you know in your heart that if the mother had just access to basic prenatal care, chances are she and the baby would have survived just fine,” says Swan.

Forty years ago Pat and her friend Charlotte Wilen decided to make it their priority to advocate for free prenatal care for pregnant women who could not afford to have regular prenatal checkups.

She and Wilen, a member of the Jewish Women International, brought together representatives from the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, the Service Guild Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, the Jewish Women International group, and the Zeta Pi Beta Sorority/Epsilon Chapter. They met to formalize their mission and strategy, and started offering educational programs for pregnant women. In 1973 they formed the Continuum Alliance for Development, an organization that allowed citizens to align with the Maternal and Infant Health Council to become the legislative voice for Georgia’s under-served mothers and children. They eventually changed their name and became the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Georgia in 1992.

In the early 1970s Swan became a spokesperson at the Georgia State Capitol, working with anyone who would listen to her story. Swan recalls that, “We had a difficult time finding doctors who would take the time to see patients and even getting in to see our legislators back then, until Tom Murphy’s (then Speaker of the Georgia House) daughter had twins who needed and were cared for in the Grady Hospital neonatal unit.”

Pat is pleased to report that “…while Georgia’s rates for premature births, maternal and infant deaths, and low birth-weight infants are still below the national average, they have declined significantly in the past forty years.”

Today, HMHBGA remains one of the only organizations in Georgia that focuses on the full spectrum of maternal and child health concerns, from prematurity to maternal mortality, with a nonpartisan, nonprofit mission of advocacy and education. Over the past few years, the organization has expanded its programs to include toll-free hotlines, providing information and referrals to Continued on page 12

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1. Read about the beginning of school with your child. It is often the anticipation of the unknown that makes children anxious about going to a new school or classroom. Reading about it gives children an opportunity to imagine their own experience and express their fears. These books can help your little one prepare for how he or she might feel when school starts: • When Mommy and Daddy Go to Work by Joanna Cole • First Day by Joan Rankin 2. Prepare your child for longer periods of separation in increments. Before leaving your child at school for the first days, have her stay with a grandparent or a babysitter for increasingly longer periods of time. This time away will help her build trust that you will always return.

3. Tour the school with your child. Visit your child’s classroom, meet the teacher, and tour the playground so the places and faces he will see on the first day will feel familiar and safe. Afterward, talk about what you both saw and how fun the different activities looked, and reinforce the idea of school being a safe place to learn and play.

4. Set the stage. Talk to your child about the first days of school and help her visualize what each day’s activities are likely to be.

5. Shop for school supplies. Most children love shopping for school supplies. Give your child the opportunity to pick out a few reasonable items he likes to provide a sense of ownership and responsibility in the decision-making process.

6. Establish a daily routine that fits your family’s school-year schedule and try to stick to it.

Don’t wait until school begins to start implementing your weekday morning routine. Begin activities at the same time every day at least two weeks before the first day of school.

7. Nighttime routines are important, too. The whole family can help make the morning of every school day easier by taking care of tasks the night before. Try packing book bags, completing homework, and picking out the next day’s clothes in the evening to avoid morning mayhem.

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Archer High School athletic director Tim Watkins has a lot to be excited about. The school’s athletic teams had an outstanding year: football won region with a 12-1 record; wrestling was second in the state; boys cross country was 5th in the state; and girls softball was 3rd in the state. “A lot of other teams, including both basketball teams, went to state and did well,” he explains. Competition cheerleading won a 4th straight region title, girls lacrosse won area, and boys track finished 3rd in the state. “Our coaches do such a phenomenal job, and we’ve got great kids; so you get that mixed together and you’re going to have some good success. We had thirty-eight kids sign athletic scholarships in this year’s senior class. It was a rewarding year.” He points out that basketball, football, and softball players are all practicing right now for the upcoming seasons and will work all summer. “Those types of successes don’t come by accident. It’s a lot of hard work by coaches and players to get to that point.”

What is the formula for Archer’s success year after year? “Our expectations every year are to be extremely successful. The kids understand that from day one,” explains Watkins. “From the beginning, we have high expectations of our kids, of ourselves, for how we do things. We pride ourselves on doing things the right way. We are going to achieve to the utmost of our capabilities.” The Archer program has won the GHSA/Georgia EMCs Cooperative Spirit Sportsmanship Award the last two years for Region 8-AAAAAAA. Many of the athletes also practice their winning ways off the field and give back to their community. They help older residents with yard work, sponsor children from Central America, and stock shelves at the community food bank. Watkins points out that they don’t advertise participation in these activities because that is not why they do them. But the experiences allow the kids to understand they are more fortunate than many, offering them the opportunity to appreciate what they have and to use those resources to help others.

The coming year will mark Archer’s tenth year, and Watkins says they will be doing some special things to recognize some of the standout teams and players from the school’s first decade. “We’ve been fortunate to have a lot of great student athletes roll through here in our first nine years who have gone on and done some very good things at the next level, and obviously we’ve had a lot of success here athletically,” he says. “We’ve had nine state championships, a lot of runners-up, and a lot of region championships. We are going to do some things in year ten to recognize these fantastic student athletes and the jobs that they and their coaches have done.”

Watkins, who has been at Archer “since day one,” says many of the coaches have been there from the beginning as well, so there is a lot of stability and consistency in the program which has helped it grow to what it is today. He also touts the support that comes from the school community, not only through game attendance, but also by providing for other needs that may arise. “Our coaches work hard, our kids work hard, and they do a great job in the classroom,” says Watkins. “We have a great community of supportive parents, and our administration is extremely supportive. It puts everything in place for us to be successful.”

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Getting Schooled: Get in Gear for the New School Year

By Kristen Eleveld Another summer is almost gone – and that means another school year is almost here!

You’re probably not ready to put away your beach gear just yet, but don’t worry. We talked to teachers, administrators, and parents to find out what you need to make this school year the best one yet.

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Follow the List Most teachers will send home a supply list with items for your child to bring on the first day of school. This list usually contains basic classroom items – glue sticks, crayons, tissues, pencils, etc. It may also include a list of things your child needs to keep in his or her backpack for class, like a calculator. It can be a pain to find all of these items, but try your hardest to get as many as you can! Teachers will only ask for the items their students really need. If your list requires you to go to a few different stores, call up a friend and split the list with them! You can buy two of everything from your store while your friend takes care of two of everything at her store. Splitting up the load will make your schedule – and your search for the perfect pencil sharpener – much easier.

Before you go out to buy your supplies, take a quick inventory of your items at home. Do you have enough pens and pencils for your child’s homework? Is the tape roll almost empty? Save yourself an extra trip and stock up on items you’ll need at your home for the school year.

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By Terie Hansen We all talk to our dogs, don’t we? I know I do!

However, when giving my dog a command, I typically only use one word (the command). I may also call her name first to get her attention if she is not looking at me, but I pause in between her name and the command until she is looking at me.

When working with training clients, I notice that many times they talk to their dogs in full sentences when giving commands. While dogs may be able to pick out key words, you are slowing down the process of your dog understanding exactly what you want.

Oftentimes, clients will repeat the command in rapid fire fashion – sit, sit, sit – as well as give their dog commands that their dog has not been FULLY trained on. Clients often give commands and then don’t follow through to make sure their dog performs that command. Sound familiar?

Want better results from your dog? Talk less, do more. What I mean by that is, train your dog consistently on basic obedience skills such as sit, down, place, and come.

When teaching/giving a command, be direct and use one word. You want your dog to listen to you the first time, right? Pause after the command, giving your pet time to process what he or she just heard.

You don’t need to spend hours, just a few minutes a few times a day. Teaching and reinforcing the basic commands will yield amazing results. Don’t give a command unless you are prepared to follow through until you get the action you are asking for.

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Oftentimes when you talk less, you will find your dog looking at and tuning into you more.

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By Kelsey Mims, PT, DPT, OCS Have you noticed having more difficulty squatting down to pick objects up from the floor, not being able to reach behind your back to get your jacket on, or not seeing the strength improvements you want at the gym? You may want to consider going to see a physical therapist to help you move better and get stronger. Although the common use for physical therapy is to treat aches and pains and to rehab after a surgery, the scope of the physical therapy profession goes far beyond that. Another benefit that is often underutilized in physical therapy is injury prevention and the improvement in functional movement.

One way this is done is through a Selective Functional Movement Assessment, a comprehensive evaluation that helps uncover movement dysfunctions that may limit mobility and predispose someone to future injury. Through the assessment, the therapist is able to specifically prescribe a treatment plan to use at home or in the gym to help improve mobility, increase strength, and, as a result, prevent injury.

Physical therapists can use a variety of methods for treatment including manual (hands-on) therapy, therapeutic exercise, and specific functional training. One of the manual therapy techniques used by BenchMark Physical Therapist, Kelsey Mims, is the Graston Technique. Graston treatment utilizes stainless steel instruments to aid in soft tissue mobility, the breakdown of scar tissue, the increase of blood flow and circulation to an area, and to increase tissue healing and recovery.

Combining the use of the functional assessment with the hands-on techniques has been very successful in the treatment of the ‘weekend warriors’ as well as professional athletes. It has helped with overall mobility, increased tissue mobility, and improved tissue recovery. As a result, they are able to perform at their best in their daily activities. One of her clients, Kevin Wilson, is an IFBB Men’s Classic Physique Professional Bodybuilder. He states, “I love working out, but that means nothing if I don’t have good mobility in order to ensure proper technique with my lifts. Ensuring my body fully recovers helps me to see and feel the results of my hard work.”

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Catching Up with Matt Stinchcomb Continued from page 8 extending benefits of transplant surgery when his own father was the recipient of a heart transplant in 2013. This month his foundation is a sponsor of UGA’s annual Dawgs 4 Kids fundraiser which will benefit the Georgia Transplant Foundation and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

Stinchcomb joined Sterling Seacrest Partners, a brokerage and consulting firm, in 2009 as a partner and now manages the local branch in Peachtree Corners. His firm is the largest independentlyowned business of its type in the state, and one of the Top 5 in the southeast. “We’re really excited to be in that Top 5 category,” he says. “We are positioned well to provide value to the business communities here in the southeast and internationally – but we’re especially pleased to be doing it all from Gwinnett.”

He adds, “In this county, there are so many great communities! To have grown up in Tucker, attended high school in Lilburn, have an office in Peachtree Corners, and raise a family in the Duluth area – we’re blessed to be part of this community in so many facets.”

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Learning Lessons Continued from page 10 8. Get your rest. Read a bedtime story early enough in the evening for your child to get a good night’s sleep. Many morning issues can be avoided if everyone is well rested and ready to begin the day!

9. Say a quick goodbye and promise to come back. When dropping your child off at school, give a quick hug and kiss, cheerfully say goodbye, and promise to return later. When you linger, you undermine your child’s confidence that you feel good about where you are leaving her.

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Woodland Brook Blazers: Make Swim Team a Family Affair

By Kim Hill The excitement in head swim coach Christy Paul’s voice relays her feelings about the Woodland Brook Blazers Swim Team. When her family started swimming ten years ago, she says it started as a fun way to get some summer exercise, but quickly turned into a family sport. “It’s just so amazing,” she says. “The swim team brings families together in the summertime to hang out, have fellowship, and have group get-togethers, like movie day. We rented out a whole movie theater because we had so many who joined us this year.”

The team is part of the Gwinnett Swim League, which is comprised of 43 teams with approximately 6,500 kids. Started in 2002 when two families brought the idea to the homeowners association, the Blazers team has 129 members with about 110 competing at each meet. Swimmers start at age four (or three if they can swim well), and swim through age 18. Christy says the first objective for newbies is to swim freestyle. The little ones only swim one lap. They move to the backstroke after that. When freestyle and backstroke are mastered, they start on breaststroke and butterfly.

“We are not a pressure team. We want the kids to have fun and enjoy their summer, to love swim team, and want to come back next year – and, of course, learn.”

Christy sees swim team as serving a greater purpose. “It’s a community outreach, in my opinion,” she says. “Swimming is a life skill; it’s not just a sport.” She shares the example of two families new to the team this year, one with two siblings ages ten and nine, and one with one 12 year old. None of the children could swim. “It is so awesome to see those three kids swimming now. One is in the top 75 in the county!”

The Blazer team has members from many area schools as well as many home-schooled families.

Christy feels swim team is unique because in many families all the kids swim, which is different from other sports. One family has children aged 13, 12, 10, 8, and 5, and they all swim. “I just love our team. The families are so great, and it’s so neat to see the high schoolers come from all the different schools and, through swim, they’re friends.”

A special feature of the Blazer team is its junior and assistant coaching program, which allows high schoolers who have been on the team several years to apply to be a coach. They are paid a small salary to teach the younger children to swim and to act as a mentor. Wonderful relationships come from this program. Christy says the twelve year olds are always looking forward to being able to be a coach. Junior coaches are generally 9th graders, and assistant coaches are older swimmers who have been junior coaches and are ready for additional responsibilities. Wayne Peoples, whose grandchildren swim, sees the program as a positive influence. “We like to train and raise our kids up from within and give them the opportunity to coach,” he says. “It’s good to see a fifteen year old or sixteen year old have that interaction with a four or five year old and watch them teach what they have learned.” He says the swim coaches are responsible for arriving early to the meets to set up and for staying after to clean up. Citing his grandson as a beneficiary of the program, he says, “It’s good for them. It teaches them to learn a little bit about work and responsibility.”

“Love it; absolutely adore it,” says assistant coach Shelby Minor of her involvement with the team.

With four older sisters who swam, she followed suit at age three, beating six year olds in her first meet. Her mom, Jennifer Minor, is the team director responsible for registration and computer work. ”Our whole house is involved in the swim team,” says Shelby. Her swim team career spans fifteen years, and even after she started playing lacrosse, Shelby always made sure there was time for swimming. She is grateful for the experiences she has had as a junior and an assistant coach, building relationships with the younger kids while teaching them to swim and watching them grow.

“Coaching here has given me the opportunity to get a job and learn life lessons about working and what is expected,” she says. ”It’s definitely been a very big blessing being a part of this program for so long.”

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Georgia Red Clay is a Family Band with a Family of Fans

By Kim Hill Though Georgia Red Clay (GRC) lists its official start in 2012, band member Brian Warner says he and his brother, Eric, “…just always played together.” Their dad was a big influence as he played in Southern rock and county bands from his childhood and into his twenties, and he taught both boys to play guitar at early ages. Brian jokingly says, “Eric plays piano, bass, and guitar, and I fake guitar.” He remembers singing a Lynyrd Skynyrd song in the basement one day and his dad yelled down that Ronnie Van Zant was rolling over in his grave, so he figured he would always just be a shower singer. A turning point came when he went out with friends to karaoke one night. “I mustered up the courage to get up there and sing, and I just sang like I was singing in the shower,” he says. “When I came back to the table, one of my buddies said, ‘Dude, you can sing.’ So we started playing and singing, and I started getting better.” He says he and Eric are the two main harmonies in the vocals, but all four band members sing.

GRC began when Brian, a friend, and Eric started a band to have fun. “We played some gigs and just really didn’t think anything of it, and all of a sudden people liked what we were doing,” says Brian with a laugh. “So we kept doing it.” He says he and Eric remained the constants in the band as early days saw some turnover in members. “You can find good musicians through numerous avenues, but to find someone who meshes with the chemistry of the band, that’s special.” They have found that chemistry with current members, drummer Daniel McGill and bassist Billy Bosler, who have been with the band for two years.

“We basically got started playing whatever we could, wherever we could, to whomever we could, whenever we could,” says Brian. While the guys all have day jobs, Brian says there’s plenty of play time as the band consistently plays two or more shows a week. “We like it that way!”

When in town, the band plays local venues in Snellville, Dacula, Duluth, and Lawrenceville.

They travel as far north as Kentucky, play down the Eastern coast, including a good bit in South Carolina, have reached the southernmost honky-tonk in Key West, and also tour Alabama and Tennessee. “We do a bunch of different things,” says Brian. “We do whole band shows, then we have something we call GRC Unplugged where we will do a duo or trio acoustic type show, and I sometimes do some solo stuff as well. We cater to the venue.”

The band has opened for some big names like the Marshall Tucker Band, 38 Special, Craig Morgan, Colt Ford, and Steal Magnolia. Brian says the 45 minutes spent opening for Marshall Tucker was an “out of body experience,” and that getting to open for Drivin’ n Cryin’ was his bucket list show. “I remember thinking if 10-year-old me could be here, he would think I was the coolest person in the whole world. It was one of the coolest things I’ve gotten to do.”

The best part? “Through it all, no matter how many cool shows we’ve gotten to play, cool venues we’ve gotten to play, cities we’ve gotten to see, the biggest thing that keeps us driving are really and truly our fans,” says Brian. “When we can come back and do a hometown show with people who were there from day one, those are the people who make this whole thing work. We call our fan base the GRC Family because really and truly that’s what they are.”

GRC has released two singles and an album, and are in the process of recording a second album.

The band was voted Best of Gwinnett in 2014 and the gacountry.com Band of the Year for both 2014 and 2017. “So we are the reigning champs,” says Brian, “and voting is open right now for 2018, so hey, just vote us Band of the Year at gacountry.com to make it a three-peat!” He adds, “It’s great, but it’s all about remaining humble, because one minute you can be on top, and we’ve been there, and the next minute you could be gone, and we’ve been there, too. It’s the way the music business goes.” He says a lot of people think being on the road is the coolest thing, but it is really a lot of junk food, gas stations, taking showers in venue sinks, and being crammed in a van with three or four other guys. “It’s not glamorous, but it’s totally worth it for that 45 minutes to a couple of hours that we are on stage, and that I get to do it with my brother and two other guys that I consider my brothers now is really cool. We all get along famously, and at the end of the day, it’s all for the love of the music.”

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Local Movie Review: Audiences of All Ages Flock to See The Incredibles 2

By Heidi Campbell Fourteen years ago, audiences were completely delighted by the Disney Pixar film The Incredibles.

On June 15th of this year, the long-awaited sequel hit the theaters, selling out nationwide. Directed and written by Brad Bird, The Incredibles 2 pulled in an astounding $180 million dollars in the opening weekend and got a 94% rating from Rotten Tomatoes. In the film, the beloved Parr family returns with a renewed sense of purpose, while maintaining their entertaining status as a family with superpowers.

The film is at once tender, action-packed, and humorous. On the very surface level, it is a film of good vs evil – the superheroes set normalcy aside to make the world a safer place. The backdrop of the film is the fight to make superheroes “legal” again. William Deaver (Bob Odenkirk) and his sister Evelyn (Catherine Keener) introduce plans to reinstate the super heroes. “It’s time to make some wrong things right,” says Deaver. “Help me bring supers back into the sunlight. We need to change people’s perceptions about superheroes and Elastigirl is our best play.” The Incredibles and Lucius Best (Frozone), played by Samuel L. Jackson, are pitted against the evil Screenslaver, a villain revealed only in the last quarter of the film, who is working against them from the start.

Screenslaver tells the superheroes, “Supers are no longer in control… I am.”

Much of the film’s charm stems from the everyday struggles found in the average family. While the youngest audience members might not catch the depth of some of the parenting issues, they are not lost on the Gen X viewers and beyond. When Helen Parr, Elastigirl (Holly Hunter), agrees to work for Winston Deavor to reinstate the legality of superheroes, she thoughtfully tells her husband, “I know it’s crazy, right? To help my family, I got to leave it. To fix the law, I got to break it.” The

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The family’s “daily struggles” also serve as the basis for much of the film’s humor. Bob, Mr. Incredible, assures his wife, “I’ll watch the kids. No problem.” Famous last words. Of course, he had no idea what kind of “problems” would ensue. Little did he know that he would struggle to help his son with his math homework. In frustration, he yells, “I don’t KNOW that way! Why would they change math? Math is math!” He also encounters the trials of a baby who wouldn’t sleep, not to mention a large helping of teenage girl drama. At the end of the first day, he is exhausted! The baby, Jack-Jack, provided loads of humor as he inhaled cookies, repeatedly escaped his crib, and wrestled a raccoon. This brush with the raccoon is where Jack-Jack realizes his superpowers, and the rest of the film follows his entertaining super-power “learning curve.”

Below the surface, the film weaves in an interesting mix of stereotypical and more modern gender roles. While the stay-at-home-dad humor might be a bit overused, Bob quickly adapts to his new role as the domestic leading man. Elastigirl, on the other hand, seems so buried in work that she seems to hardly have time to think about her family. Helen is given the chance to be the “breadwinner” while her husband stays home to care for the kids, which is certainly a growing trend in modern families. She tells the other Supers, “Girls, come on! Leave the saving of the world to the men? I don’t think so!” The womanpower motif is strong for sure, and women are given not only hero status, but also the rare villain status as well.

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Gwinnett Senior Golden Games: A Golden Opportunity for Success

By Kristen Eleveld A true athlete can be a winner at any stage of life, and several Gwinnett county citizens recently earned the medals to prove it. The Gwinnett Senior Golden Games, which is open to participants ages 50 and over, just wrapped up its 2018 season, and the results were spectacular. Participants had the opportunity to compete in a variety of activities, from pinochle to archery, and everything in between.

The day started with Opening Ceremonies, which included a delicious meal and the chance to meet the Honorary Torch Bearer, Dr. Cleo Davis. Dr. Davis served as a medic in the United States Army and was more recently inducted into the Virginia State University Athletics Hall of Fame for his outstanding participation in track and field. All 346 participants competed in 38 separate events. By the time the day was over, they had earned an astonishing 474 gold medals, 346 silver medals, and 256 bronze medals.

And the medals weren’t the only prize of the day. Each participant had the opportunity to play several rounds of bingo and earn more prizes to take home. For many of them, this was not the first time they had shown off their skills to their community.

“A number of our participants have competed in other events, such as the National Senior Games,” said Shirley Snow, who volunteers with the Golden Games.

Ms. Snow went on to mention that this year was especially meaningful as they honored former Games president Alan Villavasso, who was presented with the Volunteer of the Year Award for his contribution and continued support and services to the Games The day ended with Closing Ceremonies, another meal, and the chance for even more prizes as raffle tickets were redeemed.

Even though the 2018 Games have ended, the 2019 Games are already in the works. Registration forms for 2019 will be available in January, and until then you can take a look on the website at the long history of the Games, browse through past winners, and see just how important this event is to the community. And the Games aren’t just for Gwinnett residents – seniors in nearby counties are invited to participate, too.

Ms. Snow emphasized that the Games are a team effort: “Many thanks go out to our great team of volunteers, as well as Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation for all their hard work and support,” she said.

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Get in Gear for the New School Continued from page 13 Take this opportunity to go over other changes in routine, too. If your work schedule is changing now that the kids are back in school, remind them when you’ll be home and how they can reach you at work. The beginning of the school year means the beginning of team practices, so find out your child’s practice and game schedule as soon as you can in order to plan ahead. Look for a big wall calendar or whiteboard that you can write notes and schedules on. It’s easy to see what commitments everyone has for the week when it’s written down in a spot everyone sees often, like the refrigerator or entryway.

Follow the Fun! The school year means earlier bedtimes, busier schedules, and more responsibilities. But it doesn’t have to mean less fun! Be sure to set aside specific days and times to enjoy an outdoor concert, see a movie as a family, or to enjoy a pizza on the deck. Get your kids involved. They can take turns picking an activity or a special place to eat.

If you’re looking for new activities to try, head to your community’s Facebook page or website.

There are plenty of great, family-friendly options to enjoy together. Anything from new restaurant openings to trying out a new park are great ways to keep the summer fun going during the school year.

You might not be ready for helping your kids with calculus, but now you’re ready to start this year off right!

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Get Your Kids Involved in the Community

By Kristen Eleveld Summer has drawn to a close, and that means less freedom for your kids as they head back to school. But just because your schedule isn’t quite as flexible doesn’t mean you and your kids can’t find ways to seek more opportunities to grow and serve within their community. Here are some great organizations that your kids can be a part of.

1. Lilburn Explorers Centered in the city of Lilburn, the Law Enforcement Explorers is a worksite-based program for young men and women that gives them the opportunity to learn about the different types of careers within the law enforcement field. The participants must have completed eighth grade and be either 14 or 15 years old. They will be given the chance to learn through hands-on activities and fun exercises that have been specifically designed to promote growth and critical thinking. If you want more information on this program, head to https://www.cityoflilburn.com/282/Explorers.

Beverage SuperStore Continued from page 5 Grayson Days, Gimme Shelter Benefit Concert, Grayson Blues & Brews, Gwinnett Beer Fest, and Suwanee WineFest are also benefitted by the store.

Customers of the Beverage SuperStore receive some benefits of their own. In addition to excellent selection, pricing, and customer service, the package store offers the only area tasting room which allows customers to sample its wares. The Tasting Room is open on Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Appetizers are served, and both beer and wine lovers can be appeased as the latest in craft beers and fine wines from around the world are offered on alternating weeks. A schedule of offerings can be found on the store’s website.

Tucker says he is just a fortunate person who has experienced good things. He feels the successes he has had in his life are a combination of being in the right place – Gwinnett County – at the right time, with the last 40+ years, surrounded by the right people. “I’ve had a lot of help along the way, so I’m trying to return the favor to help people where I can because a lot of people have helped me and helped my businesses. People are what make the community. Gwinnett has a lot of great ones, and many have helped me.”

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2. Volunteer Gwinnett Another wonderful opportunity for you and your family to serve the community is through the Volunteer Gwinnett program which organizes and staffs hundreds of volunteer opportunities every year.

You can sign up as a one-time volunteer or be part of a months-long project. There are tons of ways for you to use your skills as often as you’re able. Volunteer Gwinnett has a goal of reaching 1,000,000 volunteer hours. You can help by going to https://www.gwinnettcounty.com/web/gwinnett/Departments/CommunityServices/ VolunteerGwinnett and signing up to volunteer in your city. More volunteer opportunities are always waiting, so be sure to check the list again throughout the year.

3. 4-H Youth Development Program If agriculture is more your speed, you will want to check out the 4-H Youth Development program in Grayson. This program is open to kids who are in Kindergarten to 12th grade, and it gives them the opportunity for further development in a fun, hands-on manner. From social skills to self-esteem to learning the value of community service, each child leaves this program with some skills they didn’t have before. They have the chance to choose and complete a project that will foster growth and development within their community. If you think this program is a great fit for your child, you can find all the info you need at https://grayson.agrilife.org/4h/.

There is no shortage of ways to involve your kids in bettering their neighborhoods, schools, and local parks, so get out there and look for opportunities to help your children get involved. And while you’re looking, why not make it a family thing? Find out how changing your community can also change you.

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Special Stories Spotlight: Why Special Needs Families Thrive in Gwinnett

By Kristen Eleveld Gwinnett County is home to nearly 1,000,000 residents – and many of those residents live with a special need or know someone who does. This month we decided to look at what makes Gwinnett County a great fit for all kinds of families, no matter what special struggles they face. We had the chance to talk to the Lay family from Lawrenceville.

“My daughter went through a major medical event two years ago at the age of three, resulting in a significant regression in her development,” said Alaina Lay, who has two children. “We were suddenly thrust into a world of ‘special needs,’ which was largely unknown to us at the time.”

Gwinnett has many excellent qualities that make it stand out above the rest of the counties, but when it comes to education for children with special needs, this county always shines. Ms. Lay experienced this firsthand with her daughter, Sarah, who is now five years old. After going through this unexpected medical event, her daughter was largely non-verbal and struggled to make friends because it caused her too much anxiety to leave her mother’s side. However, the opportunity to learn in a special education classroom made a world of difference.

“My daughter has been in the Gwinnett school system for two years, in a Pre-K class for three-to five-year olds,” Ms. Lay said. “During this time, she has defied the odds with her progress, largely due to the hard work of the teachers, paraprofessionals, and therapists at Parsons Elementary.”

When the Lay family isn’t at school or at one of the weekly therapies Sarah attends, you can probably find them outside, enjoying the beautiful weather at one of Gwinnett’s parks. While our award-winning parks have year-round classes, hiking trails, and dozens of opportunities to try new athletics, Sarah’s favorite place to be is the playground.

Once August arrives, Sarah will start a new adventure in Gwinnett County schools as she enters kindergarten. But while the unknown is always a little scary, Ms. Lay is confident that her daughter will continue to thrive.

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By Bill Crane “We’re just trying to get people out of their cars; there’s a C02 crisis,” says David Estrada, Chief Legal Officer for Bird, an electric scooter rental company, to USA Today.

Only in California, the land of dreams, can you give the people what they wish and dream for – less congested highways and commuters taking alternate transit – and they aren’t happy. The streets of San Francisco have been overrun by electric scooters!

The latest innovation from Silicon Valley are long lasting, low energy, some even solar-battery powered, electric scooters for rent for a pittance. These scooters, which are just picked up off the sidewalk, can be unlocked with your smart phone for a charge of $1. They then cost 15 cents a minute. The rider goes wherever he or she is going, using the sustainable, inexpensive, and practical “last mile” solution, and then the scooter is left at the destination point, ready for the next renter.

And it’s this “scooter litter” that has the Bay Area fuming. The hashtag, #scootersbehavingbadly has been trending, along with photos of offensive scooters strewn along sidewalks like abandoned toys. Out of spite, some scooter haters are tossing the light rides into dumpsters, trees, and even the bay.

Millennial techies are primary customers, but grandparents have also been seen catching a quick and breezy ride (scooters top out at roughly 20 mph) to the neighborhood market up San Francisco’s famously hilly streetscape.

Scooters have also already made their way to Atlanta’s Peachtree Street, and, given their low-price point and relatively high “it” factor, you can expect to see them soon speeding along sidewalks and trails on St. Simons, Jekyll, and Georgia’s Golden Isles.

Some cities are requiring helmets, permits, and even insurance. You can expect places like Atlanta’s Beltline to become a battleground of sorts as most pedestrian commuter trails are NOT intended for any motorized devices. Electric bicycles are also already out there, but they are lower in number and many riders only use the electric motors when in traffic or to assist on long or steep hillsides.

And these little buggers are also shaping up to be big business. Three players are racing to see which one can first hit the billion mark in venture capital or market capitalization as the math is very good for each scooter paying for itself in 2-3 months on the rental market. That makes for a lot of straight profit, short of the small retrieval fees paid for workers who go and find (GPS chips inside) any missing scooters.

Lime, Bird, and Spin, the big three in the little scooter world, are also viewed as villains in driving up the price of real estate in San Francisco as scooter-assisted commutes on Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), are now allowing high paid Millennials to make it back from the Valley to Nob Hill without breaking a sweat. Rental and real estate rates across the Bay area and even once Bohemian arts conclaves and less pricey areas like Oakland are climbing rapidly, in a city with a median home price of $1.6 million.

And longtime residents of San Fran are not taking this lightly. These Techsters first came in on luxury motor coach buses, many of which blocked the city’s notoriously tight intersections and narrow residential streets. Then neighborhoods became flooded with Uber and Lyft cars, dropping off and picking up these tech passengers, and now they just scoot home from their nearest BART station.

Lime has already raised $250 million in venture capital and has a valuation approaching $1 billion. Bird has pulled in $150 million, again in an industry which only had its rollout this March. Uber and Lyft, already exploring and buying into bike sharing, are each exploring scooters and seeking concession permits in San Francisco. If you can’t beat ‘em, scoot ‘em. Now scoot!!

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Cooking from the Heart: Chef’s Pantry of Loganville

By Patty Gabilondo Combine thirty years of public education classroom experience with a ton of passion for teaching young people. Add one Culinary Arts background and blend thoroughly, and you have the perfect recipe for successfully instructing children of all ages about both the fun and practical side of creative cooking and baking.

Meet Marcia Davidson, retired Special Education teacher and now Chef/Owner of the Chef’s Pantry in Loganville. Davidson is a graduate of the Pope Culinary Arts School of Chicago, and in spite of the school closing its doors in 1971, our community is reaping the benefits of their recipes and generous spirit which lives on in the thousands of students they taught. Upon retirement from Gwinnett County Schools, Davidson looked for ways to combine her love of the culinary arts with her years of teaching experience. She opened the Chef’s Pantry a few years ago, and last year expanded the business to add Summer Cooking and Baking Camps for Kids.

“We purposefully limit class size to 8 children so they can each have their own individual work stations and equipment,” states Davidson. “We have 7-year-old boys and girls working right next to teenagers, and they end up helping and learning from each other. It’s just amazing what these kids can do. They are so smart!” states Davidson proudly.

Kid’s Summer Cooking Camp is a 4-day program that starts on Tuesday and runs through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. Unlike other children’s cooking classes in the metro-Atlanta area where ingredients are pre-measured and pre-chopped, and the kids are not allowed too close to the stove, Davidson believes that children learn best in an engaging hands-on environment. All skill levels are welcome and they learn the same processes. She supervises and instructs while the children prep, chop, measure, knead, beat, and cook his/her own individual recipes. Each student has an induction cooktop station where safety and cleanliness are an ongoing part of every lesson, and each child must keep his or her area and utensils clean throughout the process.

Davidson plans the daily menus herself so that the children will learn to make 3 or 4 recipes per class, which typically includes an entrée, salad, dessert, and perhaps something extra. The recipes are scaled to individual portions, so that when the children go home and want to cook for the family, they must use their math skills to multiply up the ingredients and increase portions. “It’s so heartwarming when the parents bring them to class the next day and tell me that they prepared the family meal the previous evening and it was delicious!” says Davidson.

The day we visited the children were baking individual loaves of bread, then prepared Chicken

Fettucine Alfredo, a Honey Lime Melon Salad, and Old Fashioned Biscuits topped with Strawberries and Cream. “We use fresh ingredients and real food so that it tastes as good as it looks!” states Davidson. The kids hustled all morning to complete the daily recipes, and then the only time the room became quiet was at the end of the camp day when they all sat down to feast on their creations.

Davidson is thrilled to report that Food Network has recently contacted her, looking for children ages 9-13 who love to bake and who would be interested in competing for season 5 of “Kids Baking Championship.” So, who knows? The next national Kid’s Baking Champion might be someone right here from Our Town!

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This past June 10th, a combined golf team from Dacula and Creekland Middle Schools were named the winners of the Spring Season Middle School team competition.

The team was comprised of Charlie and Maggie Beck, Isaiah Gee, Micah Gilmour, Andrew Morris, and Jadyn Shaw from Dacula Middle School, and Kennedy Jones and Suji Jung from Creekland Middle School. Couch Middle School was runner up, coming in with just one point behind the winners.

Kennedy Jones also won the Girl’s Drive, Chip, and Putt end of season competition, and Zakiy Isnai from Trickum Middle School won the Boy’s competition, just one point short of a perfect score.

“What a season we had,” said Witmer. “With rainouts and rescheduling, our season ran past the end of the school year!”

According to Witmer there were 81 players this spring that represented teams from Bay Creek, Couch, Dacula, Creekland, Five Forks, Crews, McConnell, and Trickum Middle Schools.

The Middle School Golf League is organized through the South Gwinnett Athletic Association and the teams play at Summit Chase Country Club, the Country Club of Gwinnett in Snellville, and the Cedar Lake Golf Course in Loganville. For the spring season, Collins Hill Golf Club in Lawrenceville was added.

“We began our season with a clinic for all, an extra clinic for beginners in preparation for their team’s best ball play, and a practice round to get everyone organized,” said Witmer. “Then four weeks of team best ball play, and then we introduced them to stroke play where they played their own ball for an individual score,” added Witmer. “It culminated with a Drive, Chip and Putt competition, and pizza party and awards presentation.”

Most Improved Golfer awards for the spring season were given to Tres Moore (Bay Creek), Jolie Babcock and Nicholas Becker (Couch), Micah Gilmour (Dacula), Meridith Manlove-Simmons (Crews), Grady Freeman (Five Forks), Brittan Burch and Alexandria Saiu (McConnell), and Emma Harmon, Charlie Jenkins, and Kyle Arrowood (Trickum).

For the 9-hole individual stroke play, Jadyn Shaw (McConnell) was low score with 46 for the girls, and Joshua Parker (Trickum) and Reginald Eberhart (Baycreek) were low score for the boys with 42 each.

And for the optional 9-hole Adult/Player scramble, Braxton Holden (Couch) and his dad Richard were Red flight winners, and Paige Greco (Couch) and her grandfather, League Director Les Witmer, were the Yellow flight winners.

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The biggest celebration of all takes place on December 15, 2018, which is the actual Gwinnett County birthday. Don’t miss your chance to be part of the fun and learn a little about your own community through some family-friendly events and parties!

However, you celebrate, you can make the 200th year of Gwinnett County one to remember.

Whether you’re visiting a history center or taking your family to the movies on the Lawn, you are making Gwinnett County a great place to live.

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Special Stories Spotlight Continued from page 20 “I have been so impressed by the teachers and paraprofessionals that devote their days to working with children that have a vast array of special needs,” Ms. Lay said. “It is tough, tiring work, but they are changing lives. We are forever grateful for their hard work and passion.”

It is that hard work and passion that are opening doors for hundreds of families who share a similar story. Gwinnett County is proud to be even a small part of showing kids with special needs that they are valued, loved, and able to achieve all of their dreams.

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